More than 700 cases related to criminal gangs disrupting construction sites have been reported over the past five months ...

Minister Macpherson reports significant progress in tackling South Africa's construction mafia, with 240 arrests made from ...

A total of 745 construction-related extortion cases reported and 240 arrests made related to these cases since November 2024.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson revealed that mafia groups and gangsters have infiltrated South African security firms.

The story of black economic empowerment (BEE) in South Africa’s construction ... Organised syndicates, dubbed the “construction mafia”, started employing extortion, in­timidation and ...

We really have to stop seeing public works as a department of bad buildings and we have to see ourselves as an economic ...

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has reported significant progress in reducing construction stoppages by criminal syndicates through intensified intelligence gathering, data ...

Fighting the construction mafia The South African construction industry has been ... ensuring that tenders are awarded fairly and that resources are allocated efficiently to drive South Africa’s ...

These syndicates often parade ad legitimate “business forums”, invading construction sites and demanding protection fees or a stake in projects. Another common mafia hitting South Africa is ...

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